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William Ralph Inge

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William Ralph Inge belongs to that rare category of people whose words are more famous than their biography. Their thinking spans from Religion to Wisdom, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Browse 13 quotes by William Ralph Inge that cover ground from Religion, Wisdom, Society, Patriotism, and Nature. Consider this gem from William Ralph Inge: "Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art."

“To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.”

— William Ralph Inge

Religion

All Quotes by William Ralph Inge

“The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.”

— William Ralph Inge

Education

“It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.”

— William Ralph Inge

Wisdom

“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.”

— William Ralph Inge

Patriotism

“Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.”

— William Ralph Inge

Age

“Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.”

— William Ralph Inge

Nature

“Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.”

— William Ralph Inge

Hope

“Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.”

— William Ralph Inge

Art

“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.”

— William Ralph Inge

Religion

“To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.”

— William Ralph Inge

Religion

“The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.”

— William Ralph Inge

Freedom

“True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.”

— William Ralph Inge

Faith